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Building blocks
Manufacturing, pharma lead area deals
If you ask economic development officials in Central Virginia about 2022, they might respond with a familiar slogan: “Everything is awesome.” With almost 5,000 announced jobs and $1.6 billion in
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Take a load off
State workforce program speeds company timelines
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One thing Brian Dail noticed as he spent a day and a half in February 2020 participating in step van manufacturer Morgan Olson’s new hire training in Loudon, Tennessee, was
Making the grade
Youngkin focuses on industrial site prep
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For Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, this is the state’s rebuilding era. Although his Democratic predecessor, Gov. Ralph Northam, trumpeted Virginia’s unprecedented consecutive two-time run as CNBC’s Top State for Business,
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Lego to hire 500 Chesterfield employees by year’s end
Toymaker plans to hire 60 production workers by June
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The Lego Group plans to hire approximately 500 people for its $1 billion Chesterfield County manufacturing facility by the end of this year, according to the Danish toymaker’s head of
Exceeding expectations
Richmond region notches big deals
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In the greater Richmond region, local economic development authorities have been hard at work landing new business and securing expansions, and this year those efforts bore fruit, they say. In
Everything is not awesome
Why Virginia lags the South in big industrial deals
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When Lego Group representatives toured Chesterfield County’s Meadowville Technology Park on a winter day early this year, they didn’t speak. As with most industrial site visits, the county economic development
Lego to build $1B factory in Chesterfield
Meadowville Technology Park facility will employ 1,760+ workers
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It’s highly unlikely that it will be built from brightly colored plastic bricks, but the Lego Group will be bringing a $1 billion toy manufacturing plant to Chesterfield County’s Meadowville